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TimberWest logging threatens Great Bear Rainforest Solution
June 28, 2011 - ForestEthics, Greenpeace and Sierra Club BC released photos today that show increased TimberWest logging activity in the southern part of the Great Bear Rainforest is jeopardizing success of the conservation model that was established to protect the area. The forests where TimberWest operates are already the hardest hit and the least protected in the region.
Photo: Gray Landscape Unit, TimberWest tenure
Credit: Garth Lenz, with Aerial support by Lighthawk
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Premier Clark: Protect the Great Bear Rainforest, urge conservation groups from three continents
April 1, 2011 - Environmental organizations working to protect tropical rainforests around the equator have asked the British Columbia government to take the necessary steps to protect the Great Bear Rainforest in British Columbia, as announced on March 31, 2009. The letter comes on the second anniversary of the signing of the landmark Great Bear Rainforest Agreements, and serves as a reminder to the new premier that there is still much work left to be done.